My 'rookie pee-KAHN' season in Central Texas

摘要

Greetings, I am new to the world of pecans — as such, I am a "pecan rookie". So, the first question is, what is the correct pronunciation of pecan? The dialects for this nut vary across the U.S. Is it pee-KAHNs, pee-CANs, PEE-cans, or pick-AHNs or some other pronunciation to describe this nutritional nut? It turns out that it depends to a large degree on what part of the country you are from, according to Joshua Katz, doctoral student at North CarolinaState University. Check out the map showing how people pronounce "pecan". Looks like it is "pee-KAHN" here in central Texas. In China, they started translating pecan in Chinese as "American hickory nut". But later, they decided to simulate the pronunciation as "pecan-gwo".